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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • priest.curtis_vincent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Father. Vincent CURTIS" <rev_fathervincent_c5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:20:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Greetings from Gloucester, England!


Saint Dominic's Church
Jubilee Road, Dursley,
Gloucestershire U.K.

TelPh: 070457 18907
070111 53137
Fax: 0871 263 8161
E-Mail:priest.curtis_vincent@yahoo.co.uk London: May 29, 2007


Dear Beloved,

Greetings from Gloucester, England!

How are you doing, I hope all is well with you? We are doing
very well here in Gloucester by His grace.

I write to bring to your notice on behalf of the Bequest Board
of Trustees and executors to the estate of the late leader of
Britain's Conservative Party, Prime Minister Sir Edward Richard
George Heath, KG, who made you a beneficiary to his (Will).
He bequeathed the sum of £550,000.00 GBP, Five Hundred and
Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling, only to you in Item (3)
of the Codicil and Last Testament to his (Will). Well, I know
that this News may be quite surprising and astonishing to you,
but it is real and true, Sir Edward must have been in contact
with you in the past or you must have been nominated to him
by one of his numerous friends here or aboard that wished you
well, and as a Child of God that has been of help to the people,
this is our Lord's doing and we don't have to say or do anything
than to say "Alleluia" to the risen Lord and glorify his marvelous
name.

The Right Honorable Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG died in
Salisbury, England, July 17, 2005 at the age of (89) years. He
served in the Royal Artillery during World War II, rising to the rank
of colonel. He was elected to Parliament as a Conservative in 1950,
and held several posts in the party whip's office (1951-55) before
becoming government chief whip and parliamentary secretary to
the treasury (1955-59), He was minister of Labour (1959-60) that
led the Tory government as prime minister between 1970 and 1974,
and was responsible for bringing Britain into what was then the
European Economic Community, before losing the leadership of the
Conservative Party to Margaret Thatcher in 1975.

Sir Edward Heath, until his death was a Christian who loved to give
out. Quoting former Labour Chancellor Roy Jenkins, a friend of Sir
Edward, Mr. Tony Blair added: "He was a great lighthouse which
stands there flashing out beams of light, indifferent to the waves
which beat against him.

He was also a member of several non-governmental organizations
here in UK and beyond, his great Philanthropy earned him numerous
awards during his lifetime. Sir Edward, the author writer of; Old
World, New Horizons (1970), Music (1976), and British Approach
to European Foreign Policy (1977).

This Bequest is for the support of your Christian activities,
humanitarian services and help to the less privileged in your local
community and Country.

As member of the Board of Trustees and executors of this estate, I
wish to inform you that the (Will) was read at the Probate Division of
Her Majesty's Royal Crown Court on December 29, 2006 in line with the
provisions of the British inheritance laws. Please if I reach you as I
am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to
enable the lawyer executing the (Will) conclude his job. You should
forward along your telephone and fax numbers including your present
mailing address.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Fraternally in Christ,
Rev. Vincent Curtis.


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